TB, are you saying that these ps3's are fast?
:O)
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Posted on 03/23/2007 9:31:00 PM PDT by texas booster
_INTO THE FOLD: Despite all the criticism the PlayStation 3 has received, everyone acknowledges it's a powerful piece of hardware. Scientists at Stanford University want to harness that power while you're not using it to play "Virtual Fighter."
The researchers are studying the folding and misfolding of proteins, processes that may lead to diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and many kinds of cancer. It requires a lot of computing power to simulate the processes, so the Folding@home program has set up a global network of computers to handle the calculations.
By the end of this month, Internet-connected PS3 owners will be able to donate time on their machines to the Folding@home project. It's the first "distributed computing" project to take advantage of the PS3's zippy Cell processor, and Sony promises it won't be the last.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
If you have a PlayStation 3 that is not being gamed on 24 hours a day, please consider going to the Sony Store and downloading the program. Takes just a couple of minutes and you will be part of the reseach that may cure many diseases!
Use 36120 for the team number (FReepers) and your FReep name to start getting credit as the work units roll in.
And PLEASE post here if you have any problems at all.
How does it work?: You download a safe, tested program (see link below) that is certified by Stanford University. It gets work from Stanford, runs calculations using your spare computer power, and sends the results back to the University.
Is it safe? Yes! Folding@Home rarely effects computer performance in any way and won't compromise your privacy in any way. It only uses the computing power you aren't using so it doesn't slow down other programs.
How do I get started folding for Team FreeRepublic?:
1.) Download the folding program from Stanford University's folding download page (Folding@home Client Download). Type in your desired username.
2.) Type in 36120 for the team number. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT - if you get the number wrong, you won't be folding for team FreeRepublic!
3.) The third question asks, "Launch automatically at machine startup, installing this as a service?" - We recommend you answer YES. Otherwise you will have to manually start the program after every reboot.
How can my computer help? Even if they were given exclusive access to all of the world's supercomputers, Stanford still wouldn't have as much processing power as they get from the supercluster of people's desktop systems Folding@home relies on. Modern supercomputers are essentially a cluster of hundreds of processors linked by fast networking. But Stanford needed the power of hundreds of thousands of processors, not just hundreds.
There's no reason to not get involved! It's free, easy, and you can know you're helping every minute without lifting a finger.
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Ping to the start of a new thread and a new Folding platform - the Playstation 3!
Its finally here and working, but the Stanford University network is kinda having problems tonight!
Ping to the start of a new thread and a new Folding platform - the Playstation 3!
Its finally here and working, but the Stanford University network is kinda having problems tonight!
Ping to the start of a new thread and a new Folding platform - the Playstation 3!
Its finally here and working, but the Stanford University network is kinda having problems tonight!
Oooh. We gotta get some of these... ;')
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=ps3
WND Exclusive: Why Iraq's buying up Sony PlayStation 2s
Source: World Net Daily
Published: December 19, 2000 Author: Joseph Farah
Posted on 12/19/2000 01:16:53 PST by Singapore_Yank
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a3f27852c0f.htm
josephw is running a PS3 smooth as silk.
Except the Stanford stats servers can't keep up with him!
I have been down for a while (my laptop was stolen while I was @ school). Not a real bad thing because I needed a new one anyway and bonus... my car insurance paid for it!
By the way, I bought a new PC and networked my two old ones and put them in my kids rooms. Can I load the folding program into all three of them and use the same user name, or do I need a new one for each computer?
No, use the same team number and name for each system.
When you look at the charts you will see that some of us have a dozen computers folding away. That's how we do it.
You can even us an old folding name if you want to keep the old points.
Fast, and worth about 800 - 1200 ppd.
Better than a GPU and much more fun.
You've perhaps seen the PC/Mac commercials with the guy in the suit, and the "dude". Here's a similar one about PS3 v. wii.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9136575504838642038
[Might not be safe for your office, depending upon how stringent a policy you operate under.]
That's GREAT! I hadn't seen it before.
Now, I've never had a Wii, but I can imagine ...
OK, so how many Wii's do I need??? LOL
:O)
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Great!
36120 bump
BTTT
BTTT
Looks like Stanford is having "issues" today.
Hope they get it fixed soon, my first dump from the new SMP client is due today.
Have no fear, points are posting. It is just Extreme Overclocking that hasn't had updates (and I love how they break things out by the 3-hour segment).
Had me wondering for a while too.
> Extreme Overclocking that hasn't had updates
As you suggest, Stanford is still cranking out results and other sites are reporting them
http://fahstats.com/t.php?t=36120
If you're interested in tracking your folding machine(s) over the web, please Freepmail me.
Available features include:
Unfortunately, I have no idea how to script for the PS3.
May be a shameless self-promotion, but it is a great tool.
I use it all them time and am probably responsible for any increase in spending for bandwidth that you have (well maybe Klutz gets that distinction). Highly recommend it to any and all freepers.
Thank you! Nice to know you guys are enjoying it!
Have my machines are back to folding 212x WUs. I guess the deadline finally passed on those that the disreputable folders dumped.
May be a week or two before I make up the speed that those will cost me.
such is life.
I have it from highly reliable sources that one Wii is plenty; more than one is a recipe for misery.
OS Type...........Current TFLOPS*....Active CPUs... Total CPUs
Windows.....................153..............160471...........1626988
Mac OS X/PowerPC......7...............8801...............95463
Mac OS X/Intel.............9................2880...............7452
Linux............................. 43..............25267............216117
GPU.............................. 43................733...............2228
PLAYSTATION®3.......697..............28441.............32064
Total..............................952............226593..........1980312
Not far from the magic petaFLOP barrier, at 4:40 am CST 3/25/07.
It is amazing that 32,000 PS3s are already crunching away. While the PS3 doesn't solve all of the calculations required to fold a protein, it does run the Implicit Water Molecule Solvents amazingly fast.
Do I understand this correctly?
Windows 1626988 produce 153 TFLOPS
PS3 32064 produce 697 TFLOPS
http://fahstats.com/t.php?col=12&t=36120
Linky to a stats server that is still receiving F@H updates.
I've set my PS3 to run the program. How long does it take for Stanford to update their team pages? I'm not currently shown as being on team FreeRepublic.
What is your folding name? Also make sure that your team is set to 36120.
It usually takes 8 - 12 hours to complete a work unit, than another 2 - 6 hours to scrub the work unit data and verify the results.
Uploads happen to the stats page every three hours. Look here:
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_list.php?s=&a=2&t=36120
and here:
http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=36120
and here:
http://fahstats.com/t.php?t=36120
So far the only new user has been nerdwithamachine who posted his first WU earlier today.
My folding name is the same as my Freeper ID - LanPB01. My PS3 currently shows the running process should be done in about eight hours, and I've entered the proper team number.
Do you have any information on how safe it is to leave the PS3 running for long periods of time? It's my understanding it should be as safe as running a computer, but I haven't found any definitive source for the information.
Also, I have a question about Folding on my computer. I've downloaded the program and set it up, but now my ZoneAlarm program is hogging a lot of ram with the virus monitor and firewall. Are you aware of any program conflicts with Folding@Home?
The PS3 draws about 180 watts when idle, and about 205 watts when folding. During testing for the F@H PS3 beta testers left some consoles on, running F@H, in a closed cabinet for months. No consoles died from overheating at all.
If your electricity is clean then you will have no problems.
There is a procedure to make sure F@H restarts when you restart the console. I'll find it and post it.
As long as Zone Alarm allows F@H to access the Stanford servers occasionally then there is no conflict.
Check the processes under the Task Manager. F@H should hog 100% of the CPU cycles unless you set it lower. Zone Alarm should not use any cycles except when scanning.
egon, this page may be of interest to you, as well as anyone running the WinSMP client.
http://fahmon.fahinfo.org/WinSMP.html
Hmm. It's becoming clear to me that I'm going to have to go back to using project numbers to index, instead of names.
Maybe when I rewrite the application on Rails-- which is coming up quickly.
Can you tell me how to adjust the CPU cycles?
If you are running the GUI version of F@H, then you will see a little red flower in the system tray. Right click, go to properties and you will be able to adjust the CPU usage with the slider bar in one of the tabs. Drop it down to 75% or 85%.
If you have the console version we have a bit more work to do. You will need to stop the service, then adjust the properties from a command line.
If you have the console version then FReepmail me.
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TotalWUs
Total54 +1 +1 45,578 130,713 319,047 44,825 44,825 130,713 21,289,091 110,605
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OvertakeThe New Xtreme Resources 15 -9,437,891 36,270 12.11.07, 7pm / 8.7 Months newz.dk 10 -8,176,669 31,609 12.10.07, 6am / 8.6 Months the motherboards.org team 6 -5,680,041 27,001 10.22.07, 10pm / 7 Months Hewlett Packard 3 -2,958,449 14,205 10.20.07, 8pm / 6.9 Months MacAddict4Life 4 -3,736,780 27,439 08.09.07, 6pm / 4.5 Months Free Republic Folders - A Tribute to Ronald Reagan 0 0 0 -- 2ch@PS3 -285 19,481,641 -182,841 07.11.07, 3am / 3.6 Months Ukraine -12 5,285,020 -12,506 05.22.08, 4am / 1.2 Years D&D Minions -236 19,063,723 -18,305 01.31.10, 12am / 2.9 Years xtremesystems.org -18 7,112,437 -5,773 08.09.10, 2pm / 3.4 Years Pande Lab -29 9,189,552 -4,751 07.11.12, 7pm / 5.3 Years
Wow. 2ch@PS3 is comprised of about 300 - 350 PS3s (so far). The biggest user has 220 PS3s lined up for him.
Maybe a gaming salon, or some guy that loads F@H on every PS3 that goes out of his store.
Not bad when your first major update is about 1 million points!
Looks like all of you have posted points as *new* folders. Thank you very much for helping the cause.
If anyone knows nerdwithamachine holler at him/her to say Thanks!
Txroadkill, I like your home page!
bttt
Thanks! Check it out now....I'm already brag'n
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_list.php?s=&t=36120
Welcome..."folding" can be infectious, as you watch your standing on the list. Soon you will be thinkin' about how you can add a new 'puter to your effort so you can climb ahead of another FReeper. Perhaps your 'puter at work, your in-laws, or borg a friends computer.
I don't get to run my PS3 a lot (it's a furnace!) but I'm going to try to leave my peeeeceeeee running more.
I can't change the short (nerdwithamachine) as it is my PS3.
They capped the string length.
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